Deborah McMillion Nering

The artwork of

Deborah and Sashette

I was born in Portsmouth, Virginia and moved to Arizona when my father retired from the Navy. I received my degree at ASU in fine art/art education. After apprenticing for two years in intaglio I ran Rural Arts Project, a fine arts serigraph printshop for non-profits in Pinal County. After I moved back to the valley I joined MARS Artspace, for a 16 year membership as an exhibiting artist that included five years as President and curator. I have received numerous awards and have exhibited in diverse group shows nationally including The Ohr-Okeefe Museum, In Time Art Salon, D.C., The Parthenon in Tennessee, University of Southern Mississippi, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, and Shemer Museum.

My art is about questions. Questions about what is real, what we believe is real, what we imagine is real, and what could be real. My work is influenced by the great Surrealist painters of the early 20th century, who were looking not for a definitive reality, but who were looking for their reality.

e-mail Address
deborah@hotelmidnight.com

Alwun House Gallery

, Phoenix, AZ
  • Surreal/Magic Real Juried Show (l993)
  • Views of the Earth, Juried Show (1992)

Afishionado

, Seattle, WA
  • Represented (1994)

A.P. Tell Gallery

, Phoenix, AZ
  • Juror’s Choice, Juried group show (1999)
  • Art of the Interior, Invitational (1996)

Arizona Youth Museum

, Mesa, AZ
  • Underwater FantaSEA (2007)
  • Toys (2007)
  • Dining & Manners (2008)

Arizona State Capitol

, Phoenix, AZ
  • Earthbound, Juried show (1992)

Art Center/Fuller

, Los Alamos, NM
  • Atomic Art Show, Juried show (2004)

Art Detour

, Phoenix, AZ
  • Art Detour Juried Exhibition (1994)

Art One

, Scottsdale, AZ
  • Represented (1999-currently)

@Central Gallery

, Phoenix, AZ
  • Heat Visions, 3-Person (2006)
  • Surreal Animals (1999)

Azimuth Gallery

, Tucson, AZ
  • 1-person show (1986)
  • Represented (1985-1987)

CAC Gallery

, Casa Grande, AZ
  • Retro Surreal, 1 person retrospective (2004)

Casa Grande Museum

, Casa Grande, AZ
  • MARS at the Museum, (1999)
  • Group Show, Juried group exhibition (1997) Second Place Award
  • Four Seasons, 2-Person show (1997)
  • Third Planet From the Sun, (1996) Juried Show, Honorable Mention
  • Journeys (1995) Juried show, Third place award.
  • Dreams, Juried Show (1993)) First Place

Dinnerware Gallery

, Tucson, AZ
  • Group Exhibition, (1993)

Don Ruffin Art Show

, Phoenix, AZ
  • Juried Exhibition, (1991, 1989) Second Place, Award of Excellence (1988)

Downtown Gallery

, Phoenix, AZ
  • Two-Person show (2000)
  • Night Dreams, One-person show (1993)

Etherton Gallery

, Tucson, AZ
  • Represented (1985-1987)

Gammage Galleries

, Tempe, AZ
  • 3-Person show, Juried (2003)
  • Angels in America, Juried (1995)

How Original

, Laguna Beach, CA
  • Kitschy, Kitschy Kool, (2003) First Place Award

Herberger Gallery

, Phoenix, AZ
  • Emeritus Show, (2004)
  • Peaceable Kingdom, (2003)

The Gallery at the Mall

, Tucson, AZ
  • Represented (1984-1986) Group shows

In Time Art Salon

, Washington, D.C.
  • Beyond Reality, Juried show (1992)

LVAC

, Valdosta, GA
  • Southern Style, (2002)

Mandolin Gallery

, Jerome, AZ
  • Represented (1995-1997)

MARS Gallery

, Phoenix, AZ
  • Travels on the Dream Beach, (2002)
  • The Dark Thirty, 1-person (2001)
  • Leaves from a Book 2-person (2000)
  • The October Country, 1-person (1999)
  • The Landscape Chamber, 1-person (1999)
  • WINGS! — 1-person show (1998)
  • Dinosaurs in the Garden, 1-person (1997)
  • Goblin Market, 1-person (1996)
  • Gothic, 1-person (1996)
  • Illuminations, 2-person (1995)
  • Dream and Enigma, 1-person (l992)
  • Sea of Tranquility (1990)
  • Mission To Mars, co-curator (1998)
  • Member/Group shows (1987-2003)
  • President/Curator (1997-2002)

MacDonald’s Corporation

, Phoenix, AZ
  • Permanent collection exhibit (1990)

Mesa Contemporary Arts

, Mesa, AZ
  • Mass Consumption, Juried by Greg Escalante (2008)
  • Wheels & Ink, Invitational (2008)

New Visions Gallery

, Marshfield, WI
  • Culture and Agriculture, Juried show (2002)

Norby Gallery

, Carefree, AZ
  • Small Treasures, Juried group (2004)
  • Representation (2004-2007)

Norine Gallery

, Scottsdale, AZ
  • The Surrogate Image, (1990)
  • Prints!, Group Show (1990)

Ohr-Okeefe Museum

, Biloxi, MS
  • National Arts Challenge, (2002)

Oklahoma City

, Gallery, OK
  • Invitational Group Exhibition (1995)

The Parthenon

, Nashville, TN
  • Visions of Faith, National Juried show (1994)

Paulina Miller Gallery

, Phoenix, AZ
  • Atomic Martini, 3-person exhibition (2004)

Phoenix Art Coalition

, Phoenix, AZ
  • Heat Wave, Juried invitational (1988)

Seafood Leader

, Seattle, WA
  • Juried Art Catalogue, Sept/Oct (1991, 1993)

1708 Gallery

, Richmond, VA
  • Invitational Group Exhibition (1994)

Scottsdale Center/ Arts

, Scottsdale, AZ
  • Slide Slam, Invitational show (1999)

Shemer Art Museum

, Phoenix, AZ
  • Portraits (2008)
  • Air Conditioned (2006)
  • Home (2004)
  • Across The Pond, (2003)
  • Emerging Artist 1-Person Show, (1997)
  • Juror’s Choice Show, (1996)
  • Once Upon A Time, Juried Children's Illus. show (1995)

Sky Harbor Airport

, Phoenix, AZ
  • Stuck At the Airport, Group show (1989)

Stetter Gallery

, Phoenix, AZ
  • Transformative Art, Juried show (1993)

Sun City Museum

, Sun City, AZ
  • Transformative Art, Juried show (1995)

Tempe Public Gallery

, Tempe, AZ
  • Retro-Daddy-O, Group exhibit/curator (2004)

Tempe P. O. Gallery

, Tempe, AZ
  • Invitational Showcase, (2003)

University of Arizona

, Tucson, AZ
  • Nature Dreams, Arizona Gallery, 3 Person show (1996)

Univ. of S. Mississippi

, Hattiesburg, MS
  • Group curated show, (2003)

Vision Gallery

, Chandler, AZ
  • Summer show (2005)
  • Group Shows (1999-2000)

Yavapai Gallery

, Prescott, AZ
  • Temps Retrouvé, 2-Person (2007)

Yuma Arts Center

, Yuma, AZ
  • Invitational Group Exhibition (1992)

Zgany Gallery

, Tucson, AZ
  • A Two-person show (1985)